Jastrow: פְּרָן

פְּרָן, פַּרְנָא, פּוֹרָן, פּוּרְנָא, פַּרְנוֹן m. (preced.) the wife’s settlement, dowry (corresp. to b. h. מֹהַר a. later כְּתוּבָּה). [The phonetic coincidence with φερνή gave rise to the forms פרנון, פורנון, a. to combination with פרא, v. פָּרָאפוּרְנוֹן.] Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXXIV, 12 פורן וכתובתא (h. text מהר ומתן).—Y. Keth. VII, 31ᶜ top אתא … תיפוק בפלגית פ׳ (not בלא) the case came before R. J., and he decided, let her be sent away with half her dowry; אין שוטה היא בלא פ׳ תיסוב פ׳ שלים … if she is a faithless wife, let her be sent away without any dowry, and if she is not, let her receive her full dowry!; אייתון פַּרְנָהּ וכ׳ they produced her deed of endowment (K’thubah) and found &c. Ib. VI, beg., 30ᶜ פּוּרְנָהּ, v. מָרַק. Ib. IX, 33ᶜ top אי אבד פרונא וכ׳ (corr. acc.) if the deed of endowment shall ever get lost, you may write another. Gen. R. s. 80 פרנון, v. פָּרָאפוּרְנָא; Yalk. ib. 134 פּוּרְנוֹן. Gen. R. s. 17; Lev. R. s. 34, a. e. פ׳ רב עלי וכ׳ her endowment is too large for me, and I cannot divorce her. Y. Keth. XI, 34ᵇ תבעת פַּרְנָהּ וכ׳ as soon as the widow asks for her dowry, she loses the right of alimentation. Bab. Keth. 67ᵃ (in Hebr. dict.) אשה גובה פ׳ מהם a widow may seize them for her dowry; a. fr.—Trnsf. an endowment, good luck. Ib. 54ᵃ bot. (if outfit articles have become cheaper) פ׳ ליתמי it is the heirs’ good luck (i.e. they furnish the outfit as defined by the deceased, at present prices).